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What the heck is a "Deadman's Switch"?
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I was recently walking the tracks on dallas' DGNO shortline at 14th street and shiloh "branch", and there are two switchs one that allows the track to be alligned so DGNO can access the KCS main, and the other, looked like it used to go to a wharehouse loading dock, but dosent go any where, when it is not alligned to allow trains to pass, the switch basicly just allows the cars or train to just "fall off the track" this switch is labeled "deadman's switch" is this just here in place of a derail, or what. the lock on it is KCS. don't know if that matters or not.
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